O/T:- Are we over-reacting to COVD19?

[Notsohumblepie]

Interesting exchanges, but Jackal thinks Guido Fawkes is a trusted source and that it’s ok for politicians to lie in referendum and election campaigns, so I would take his protestations about the meeja with a barrowful of salt.

His ongoing determination to play down the current health emergency is odd to say the least.

Perhaps you should refer to some of your political soulmates at The New Statesman

“why do BBC newsreaders refer, as each day’s coronavirus infection figures are announced, to a “jump” in cases? Not an “increase” but a “jump”, passing, as my Oxford English Dictionary puts it, “abruptly from one… state… to another, omitting intermediate stages”.

“The progression implies that we are most likely at the beginning of an epidemic. But we aren’t there yet. The BBC, if it must use alarming words – no doubt it is keeping “rocket” in reserve – should save them for later stages “

The media use of hyperbole has been appalling, and turned what should be deep, and genuine concern, into bog roll looting panic

[BigFatPie]

Perhaps you should refer to some of your political soulmates at The New Statesman

“why do BBC newsreaders refer, as each day’s coronavirus infection figures are announced, to a “jump” in cases? Not an “increase” but a “jump”, passing, as my Oxford English Dictionary puts it, “abruptly from one… state… to another, omitting intermediate stages”.

“The progression implies that we are most likely at the beginning of an epidemic. But we aren’t there yet. The BBC, if it must use alarming words – no doubt it is keeping “rocket” in reserve – should save them for later stages “

The media use of hyperbole has been appalling, and turned what should be deep, and genuine concern, into bog roll looting panic

Latest BBC update;

Posted at 16:0416:04
BREAKING
UK death toll rises to 35
Four**** more people have died from the coronavirus in the UK, raising the death toll to 35, the UK's health department says.

There have been a total of 1,372 positive tests for coronavirus in the UK as of Sunday, up from 1,140 on Saturday, the department added.

I’m no fan of the BBC news department, but I can’t see any hyperbole there. Moaning about media ‘hyperbole’ in what even our idiot PM says is the biggest health crisis in a generation seems to be getting your priorities wrong.